grumpyhack Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 exactly, the media takes no responsibilty for its actions its 1 of the reasons i try to not read or watch the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosstopher Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 its not going to get bad. as long as people just keep flooding the BBC website with emails saying how pissed off they are that the media are scaremongering AGAIN then it will go away before you can oinktishu! this is really beginning to piss me off. i'm not belittling the tragedy in Mexico, its very sad that they are unable to treat so many people. but thousands die every day from malaria. in fact, thousands die every day from conventional strains of flu. i don't know what will solve swine flu, but i'm hoping that swine flu will solve the credit crunch, which solved bird flu, which solved terrorism, which solved oil shortage, which solved the millenium frickin' bug, which solved BSE. catch my drift. the media scaremonger because it sells. it should be illegal, but it works. reasonable, rational people begin to fear something which they don't understand and doesn't effect them. i refuse to live in a fear driven society. its bad enough with CCTV, wars on drugs (but not alcohol), wars on terror. a WAR on TERROR! what the hell is that?! everything the government does at the moment seems to aim to make people worry more and more about things in order to keep them in check by making them rely on the government and the media for reassurance. Ooh, there is extreme danger from this flu. but on page 19 we have a magical cure and a list of recommendations, what a ****ing surprise! "We've solved the credit crisis for you, now say thankyou and take this huge increase in national debt like good little drones". the government does nothing but screw over its citizens at the moment at the only breaks we get are effectively stolen from the family silver. i've had just about enough of all this crap about swine flu. nothing is going to come of it. glastonbury isn't going to get cancelled and now we can all sleep peacefully. RANT OVER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger2k Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Great. There are certain occupations that can't win. Social workers - dammed if they take a child into care and dammed if they don't and something goes wrong. Journalists - dammed for scare mongering or blamed when something goes wrong and everyone complains they weren't informed. Festival organisers - dammed for not putting on your favourite band. Doing an impression of an ostrich doesn't help. We still don't know if the flu scare will come to nothing. Hopefully it will fizzle out but I'd rather be kept informed of current thinking and at least be aware of options. Ignorance isn't bliss and it's certainly not something to boast about. Sorry if this seems like a whinging thread but I'm not Grumpy hack for no reason. I spent many years as a journalist trying to keep people informed as best I could. The problem is that the messenger very often gets blamed for the messaage. We can't be responsible for the actions of governments, the pronouncements of the WHO or the opinions of 'experts.' All we can do is report them as best we can and let you the Great British Public make up your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukslim Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Sorry, the media is being a bit shrill about it, but there IS a risk. http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/ for a nice rational take on the whole thing. *If* things get bad enough in Britain, they *will* ban large gatherings (as they have in Mexico City). Chances are, it won't get that bad - but it's possible. That's what risk's all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilton Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Doing an impression of an ostrich doesn't help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo999 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Sorry, the media is being a bit shrill about it, but there IS a risk. http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/ for a nice rational take on the whole thing. *If* things get bad enough in Britain, they *will* ban large gatherings (as they have in Mexico City). Chances are, it won't get that bad - but it's possible. That's what risk's all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denwyn Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Woooooooaaaahhhhh Woooooooaaaahhhh this is getting ridiculous now surely this is all just another lot of scaremongering crap like bird flu and all that rubbish. I mean people are starting to really panic about this eh i aint, and im 99% sure this will just fizzle out like the rest, give it a couple weeks!! And even if they did cancel Glasto, everyone could just turn up anyway and carry on how the hell are they gonna stop 175,000 people!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyslingbax Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Thats the game who else is onboard!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger2k Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hmmm.....I would hope if it were canceled that there would be at least some people with more common sense than you..or would you put three days in a fielld having a good time in front of saving mabe thousands of lives. This is a real threat....not a false alarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Crawley Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Oh no, the threads are multiplying! Soon the board will be swamped with tedious "buying the media scaremongering nonsense" threads! Help, it's a pandemic!! If it carries on like this and approaches the Great Line-up Pessimism Plague of March then I'm going to have to administer one of the only two antidotes known to work... "Alt-F4" or switching to MFG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boover Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Here in Torbay there are already people stocking up on supplies...Supermarkets busy but town was unusually quiet today! I'm just looking forward to a quiet bank holiday weekend here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouWhat Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 the key word in there is threat - ie potential! im not naive about this, but the whole point is that A) its not a pandemic yet & B ) if (and thats a mighty big if) it becomes 1, theres naff all we can do about it anyway so, employ some basic hygene practices, try to keep a level head, and get on with life while you still can. now, wheres that bus that might hit me tommorow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glastoman417 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Sorry if this seems like a whinging thread but I'm not Grumpy hack for no reason. I spent many years as a journalist trying to keep people informed as best I could. The problem is that the messenger very often gets blamed for the messaage. We can't be responsible for the actions of governments, the pronouncements of the WHO or the opinions of 'experts.' All we can do is report them as best we can and let you the Great British Public make up your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger2k Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 I don't have a problem with journalists per se, I'm sure there are plenty who try to do a fine job. My problem is with the organisations themselves who insist on twisting and sensationalising everything to satisfy their target demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger2k Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Considering its gone up several stages in a few days and is only one off a pandemic, i would say its inevitable...and a big threat to Glastonbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyelo Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 i suggest you get yourself off to boots asap and buy yourself a facemask also, you do know it can be transmiited on keyboards dont you?? better not touch yours for awhile or you might get ill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger2k Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Calm down there, you need at least 4 masks per day for them to be effective! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorT Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 This scaremongering not died down yet unreal its always this time of year these things eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyhack Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombfrog Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 This scaremongering not died down yet unreal its always this time of year these things eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderden Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed209 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Considering its gone up several stages in a few days and is only one off a pandemic, i would say its inevitable...and a big threat to Glastonbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger2k Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 I'm tempted to err on the side of caution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombfrog Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 and just what do you propose doing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrychuckle Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 and just what do you propose doing?? i have nothing against the advice of keeping a sensible hygene regimen. but beyond that, just what exactly would you have us do?? you do understand that it can be transmitted through touch - ie touching infected keyboards please, do me a favour, and give in to your ridiculous temptation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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